01-May-2013 -- There it was again, the 1st of May. Like last year, the day started sunny and warm – and what better things to do? Of course, we follow the imaginary gravity to our planet’s intersections…

Last year we explored the 52nd latitude to the west, as seen from our home base. This time we set off in eastern direction and as it turned out, we found 52°N 8°E in almost the same distance from our residence as 52°N 7°E (about 55 km).

From the road K18 towards Sassenberg a farm road diverged north to the CP, ca. 500 m afar. We followed the small road and could park our car on the brink of an asparagus field, just 30 m away from the spot. The confluence site appeared wrapped in dark plastic sheets to protect the slumbering asparagus sprouts from hypothermia and simultaneously to move them faster to shoot. The arrow on our GPS receiver led us along the strait rows of asparagus, and after a few meters we reached our destination at 4:30 p.m.

The May excursion last year was the prelude to further explorations along the 52nd latitude west – up to Ireland’s Atlantic coast. We’ll wait and see what happens, when focusing on an eastward direction for our challenges this year…